Pull yourself away from the lure of the pennant drives, baseball purists! Hidden away on a couple of teams that have been never really been in contention this year are a couple of pitchers locked in a fierce battle for the AL Cy Young, with ERA’s in the mid 2’s. The Blue Jays’ Roy Halladay [...]
Former phenom (and poster child for what happens to your arm in a hurry when you throw a 92 mph slider) Francisco Liriano made his return to the Twins rotation last night and did not disappoint. Through 6 sparkling innings, he blanked the Indians, striking out five and allowing just three hits.
The tribe had a [...]
A lot of people (myself included) think that at the major league level a hitting coach doesn't have a huge impact on a team. Matt Stairs would seem to disagree, and was very critical of the Blue Jays' recently fired hitting coach Gary Denbo, as reported in the the National Post yesterday. Some key quotes:
“I [...]
After another lame offensive performance and another one run loss last night, Blue Jays' GM J.P. Ricciardi was taking calls from frustrated fans on Mike Wilner's postgame show, when a caller expressed his surprise that the Jays have said they have no interest in Adam Dunn.
At first, J.P. attempted to downplay Dunn's value, calling [...]
After coming back from Tommy John surgery on the quick side of things, B.J. Ryan looked to be back to his old self in May, going 10 for 10 in save opportunities on the month on his way to winning the DHL Delivery Man of the month award. Despite a few missing miles off his [...]
Joba Chamberlain continued his conversion to the rotation on Sunday, throwing 78 pitches, up from 62 his last time out. Although he allowed three runs (two earned) in 4 1/3 innings, it was a much more encouraging start as he did not have the same problems with his control, walking just one and striking out [...]
Over the last three days, I’ve been attending the Blue Jays series against Oakland as working media on behalf of Baseball Digest Daily. In order to avoid this becoming an all-Jays-all-the-time website as I post my overexcited babblings in tri-hourly blog posts, I’ve held off until the series was done to give my impressions. So [...]
The Blue Jays held their annual “State of the Franchise” gala for season's ticket holders at the Toronto Hilton on Wednesday, and both myself and fellow Baseball Digest Daily writer Pete Toms were on hand. The presentation was very slick and upscale- mostly it was just management calming the worries of fans for the upcoming [...]
While the Johan Santana trade was in the works, there was some suggestion that his value could have been lower than expected due to concerns about an injury that he was playing through towards the end of last year. Buster Olney recently wrote:
Spoke with a talent evaluator recently who thinks that if the Twins are [...]
One day after signing a three year extension with the Blue Jays, Scott Downs broke his customary media silence, and both he and J.P. Ricciardi answered questions live via conference call. Still in shock from what he called a “life-changing” contract, Downs said he was very happy with the team, and glad to be staying [...]
